DePaul University Via Sapientiae School of Continuing and Professional Studies DePaul University School of Continuing and Faculty Publications Professional Studies January 2008 'No Right to Judge': Feminism and the Judiciary in Third Republic France Sara L. Kimble DePaul University,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://via.library.depaul.edu/snl-faculty-pubs Part of the European History Commons, History of Gender Commons, Law and Gender Commons, Legal Commons, Legal Profession Commons, and the Women's History Commons Recommended Citation Kimble, Sara L.. (2008) 'No Right to Judge': Feminism and the Judiciary in Third Republic France. French Historical Studies. 609-641. https://via.library.depaul.edu/snl-faculty-pubs/27 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the DePaul University School of Continuing and Professional Studies at Via Sapientiae. It has been accepted for inclusion in School of Continuing and Professional Studies Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of Via Sapientiae. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. No Right to Judge: Feminism and the Judiciary in Third Republic France Sara L. Kimble In 1931 the Catholic feminist attorney Marie-Thérèse Moreau asked: “Why does France not have female judges?” Her query was prompted by a visit from Warsaw’s leading juvenile court judge, Wanda Grabinska, who often traveled to France and spoke favorably of women’s access to the judiciary. Grabinska was one of many women who, after World War I, could now vote and pursue the profession of her choice. Female judges could already be found in various countries including Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden, Turkey, and the United States.